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Leaves from the life of a pioneer: Being the autobiography of sometime senator, Emil Julius Meilicke (with editorial notes)

Meilicke, Emil Julius: 1852-1934. Born in Germany; to U.S.A. with his family, 1866; after a successful career in the Minnesota Legislature, became interested in Canadian farm land in 1901 and settled near Dundurn, Saskatchewan; success of Meilicke and settlers who came with him led to the formation of the Saskatchewan Valley Land Co. and to large American immigration; later in business in Saskatoon; moved to Vancouver, 1920. // Morton, Arthur Silver: 1870-1945. Born in Trinidad of Nova Scotian missionary parents; after a distinguished scholastic career in Europe and teaching experience in eastern Canada, to University of Saskatchewan, 1914; professor of history and librarian, 1914-1940, when he delved into the early history of the West, particularly that of the fur-trade period, gathered documents for the library, and wrote numerous articles and books; upon his retirement chancellor and senate conferred an honorary degree of doctor of laws, while the Royal Society of Canada presented him with the Tyrrell gold medal; first provincial archivist of Saskatchewan, 1941-1945. // Also published, with new introduction by R. Bruce Shepard, Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University

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